Daily Scripture Analysis

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Twenty-seventh Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Isa 5:1-7; Phi 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43. Reading 1 (Isa 5:1-7): Let me now sing of my friend, my friend’s song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes. Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Our Lady of Holy Rosary – October 7th   Readings: Zec 2:10-13; Lk 1:26-38. 1/ First Reading: Zechariah 2:10 – 3:1 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. 12 And the LORD will … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Friday – Twenty-sixth week – OT1   Readings: Bar 1:15-22; Mt 18:1-5, 10. Reading 1 (Bar 1:15-22): During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: “Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem, that we, with our kings and rulers and priests and prophets, and with our ancestors, have sinned in the Lord’s sight and disobeyed him. We have neither heeded the voice of the Lord, our God, nor followed the precepts which the Lord set before us. … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Twenty-sixth week – OT1   Readings: Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Lk 10:1-12. 1/ First Reading: RSV Nehemiah 8:1 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saint Francis Assisi – October 4th Readings: Gal 6:14-18, Psa. 16; Mt 11:25-30 1/ Reading I: RSV Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. 17 Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Twenty-sixth week – OT1   Readings: Zec 8:20-23; Lk 9:51-56. Reading 1 (Zec 8:20-23): Thus says the LORD of hosts: There shall yet come peoples, the inhabitants of many cities; and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another, and say, “Come! Let us go to implore the favor of the LORD; and, “I too will go to seek the LORD.” Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to implore the favor of the LORD. Thus says … Read more